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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1956-05-01 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 9639 · 2:17

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 3–2. Early Wynn earned the win. Al Smith went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	9
WS1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Early Wynn L: Pedro Ramos SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: Frank Tabacchi · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Busby	5	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Woodling	2	0	1	0	2	0
Bobby Avila	4	1	2	0	0	1
Vic Wertz	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Smith	4	2	3	1	0	0
Al Rosen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chico Carrasquel	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Hegan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Early Wynn	3	0	1	0	1	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Tettelbach	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Runnels	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roy Sievers	4	1	1	1	0	3
Jim Lemon	2	0	2	0	1	0
Karl Olson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Berberet	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jerry Snyder	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pedro Ramos	3	0	2	0	0	1
Jose Valdivielso	2	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Early Wynn	9.0	7	1	9

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pedro Ramos	9.0	9	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Busby: 8
Gene Woodling: S6
Bobby Avila: CS2(24)
Bobby Avila: K

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: S8
Dick Tettelbach: K/C
Pete Runnels: 7
Roy Sievers: K

Top 2

Vic Wertz: K
Al Smith: 53
Al Rosen: 8

Bot 2

Jim Lemon: S8
Karl Olson: 16(1)3/GDP
Lou Berberet: K

Top 3

Chico Carrasquel: E5
Jim Hegan: 54(1)3/GDP
Early Wynn: 8

Bot 3

Jerry Snyder: K
Pedro Ramos: S9
Eddie Yost: K
Dick Tettelbach: 9

Top 4

Jim Busby: 7
Gene Woodling: W
Bobby Avila: CS2(24)
Bobby Avila: D7
Vic Wertz: S9.2-H
Al Smith: S7.1-2
Al Rosen: 9

Bot 4

Pete Runnels: T8
Roy Sievers: S7.3-H
Jim Lemon: 34/SH.1-2
Karl Olson: 63.2-3
Lou Berberet: E1.3-H(NR)(UR)
Jose Valdivielso: 8

Top 5

Chico Carrasquel: E6/TH
Jim Hegan: 6(1)3/GDP
Early Wynn: W
Jim Busby: 7

Bot 5

Pedro Ramos: K
Eddie Yost: 9
Dick Tettelbach: 7

Top 6

Gene Woodling: 5
Bobby Avila: 8
Vic Wertz: 43

Bot 6

Pete Runnels: 43
Roy Sievers: K/C
Jim Lemon: S9
Karl Olson: CS2(24)

Top 7

Al Smith: HR/78
Al Rosen: 7
Chico Carrasquel: 3
Jim Hegan: 53

Bot 7

Karl Olson: 5
Lou Berberet: 7
Jose Valdivielso: 7

Top 8

Early Wynn: 5/FL
Jim Busby: 63
Gene Woodling: W
Bobby Avila: S6.1-2
Vic Wertz: 3/L

Bot 8

Pedro Ramos: S3/BG
Eddie Yost: 53/SH.1-2
Dick Tettelbach: FC6.2X3(65)
Pete Runnels: 7

Top 9

Al Smith: D7
Al Rosen: S5/BG.2-3
Chico Carrasquel: 7/SF.3-H
Jim Hegan: K
Early Wynn: S9.1-2
Jim Busby: 3/FL

Bot 9

Roy Sievers: K
Jim Lemon: W
Karl Olson: 8
Lou Berberet: K

Notes & reviews

Jerry Snyder ejected by HP umpire Ed Runge arguing the first strike

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